Residents of the Kursk region refuse to evacuate due to fears. They are afraid not of the advancing Ukrainian army, but of their home being robbed by Russian soldiers. In the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region, cut off from the main forces after the destruction of all 1/7
three bridges across the Seim River, Russian soldiers are looting houses and shops. When local residents contact the police, they are told that this cannot be. The authorities say that this is being done by Ukrainian soldiers dressed as Russians. It turns out that those who 2/7
should, in theory, protect the citizens of their country are the main danger to them. In addition to looting, Russian soldiers, frightened by the approach of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and reports of sabotage and reconnaissance groups, are starting to shoot at everything 3/7
that moves, and there have been cases of shooting at civilians. Experiencing a shortage of manpower to maintain order, people's territorial defense squads are being created. However, handing out weapons to people from the street also turned out to be a bad idea, and such 4/7
squads began to terrorize Russian volunteers. Panic, hysteria, unprofessionalism and chaotic throwing - this is how the territorial defense is described in Z publics. Thus, the territorial defense stopped a volunteer girl and under the pretext of suspicion that she was a 5/7
Ukrainian sniper, they undressed her and "searched" her. They could not explain how a Ukrainian sniper could end up in the deep Russian rear distributing packages to Russian soldiers. A Russian soldier is a threat to everything he approaches. With a weapon in his hands and 6/7
without any moral compass, with a desire for easy money and a lack of responsibility for his actions, such a soldier poses a threat to all living things around. It is not surprising that the residents of the Kursk region sometimes greet the Armed Forces of Ukraine with joy 7/7
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1/7 The US is finally providing substantial air-to-ground capabilities for Ukraine's F16 jets. However, there are still no cruise missiles. Update by @joni_askola
2/7 The Biden administration is expected to unveil a $375 million military aid package for Ukraine today. This package will include a cluster variant of the JSOW, which can be launched from Ukraine's new F-16s to engage targets located up to 70 miles away.
3/7 This is excellent news, as Ukraine requires additional air-to-ground weapons to address russia's significant advantage in glide bombs and missiles. The JSOW being provided is a cluster variant, which will be highly beneficial for Ukraine.
On the eve of the elections, the topic of Ukraine is fading into the background in the United States, so Volodymyr Zelenskyy's trip is very important now and he wants to influence the White House policy regarding the war with Russia. There should be no more restrictions.
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Russia's "nuclear threat" exploded in a launch silo last week. But the elections in the United States are also being watched in Russia. It seems that Putin has one last bet - Donald Trump and he is counting on the fact that if Trump wins, US aid to Ukraine will be stopped.
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Russia has the escalating crisis with manpower but now is attacking almost along the entire front line in Donbas. Vuhledar is under threat of encirclement and the city may soon be surrendered and Ukraine will be forced to retreat. Attacks on Chasiv Yar have become more
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1/11 The war economy in russia is unsustainable. Time is not on russia's side, and sustaining the war will become increasingly difficult for its economy. Analysis by @joni_askola
2/11 russia's economy is nowhere near as robust as it attempts to present. Much of the economic data has been classified, making it challenging to evaluate the true situation. Nevertheless, some aspects cannot be concealed.
3/11 russia's economy is overheating and grappling with major inflation challenges. Although russia may manipulate inflation figures, the central bank's key interest rate is a detail that cannot be hidden.
Defense forces automatically detect 12,000 units of enemy equipment every week thanks to the Avengers artificial intelligence platform, which was developed by the Innovation Center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This result is achieved by automatic analysis of videos 1/5
from drones and stationary cameras. Thanks to the AI platform, operators can make decisions faster and more efficiently, and the risk of errors due to fatigue is reduced. Such integration already works successfully in the VEZHA streaming module of the DELTA combat system. 2/5
"The Avengers platform, developed by the Innovation Center of the Ministry of Defense, is unique in the world in terms of the volume of video data with enemy equipment. We continue to develop Avengers and other AI solutions to give our military an edge. In the future, 3/5
1/8 When Putin is too afraid to mobilize: The Sverdlovsk region of russia has increased its military sign-up bonus for the third time in two months in a desperate effort to recruit volunteers. Update by @joni_askola
2/8 Authorities in russia's Sverdlovsk region have increased one-time payments for new military recruits for the third time in two months, as the push to enhance recruitment efforts intensifies nationwide.
3/8 New recruits from the Ural Mountains region will now receive a sign-up bonus of $16,100, as announced by the regional government on Monday. When combined with Putin’s national sign-on bonus and municipal payments, new recruits could potentially earn up to $21,500 upfront.
Apparently, the Ukrainian victory plan announced by Zelensky is working and in October-November we should expect new surprises from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The offensive in the Kursk region is only the first steps and seeing the consistency of Ukraine in its actions,
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we can assume that everything is going according to plan. The destruction of three important arsenals in Russia is an important step and a very noticeable blow to the combat capability of the Russian army. The amount of destroyed Russian ammunition would be enough for 3-4
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months of warfare and this will soon affect the situation at the front. Ukrainian drones do not have enough power to break through the concrete walls of the arsenals, but some of the ammunition was stored outside and this led to a chain detonation. In Kamennoye near
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